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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BambooHR®

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ABambooHR is an cloud-based human resources solution that provides onboarding, payroll, and benefits management. It also offers automated time-off management and employee self-service.

    $250

    per month

    UKG Ready

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes. UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance. Using AI, it draws on work, people, and culture data to boost efficiency and productivity. For example, UKG Ready streamlines core HR…N/A
    Pricing
    BambooHR®UKG Ready
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    $250
    per month
    Pro
    Contact Sales
    per month
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BambooHR®UKG Ready
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    BambooHR®UKG Ready
    Considered Both Products
    BambooHR
    Chose BambooHR®
    I needed a system that was easy to use from an admin level as well as employee level. We run a pretty simple operation as we do not have shift diffs or multiple approval levels. Some of the systems reviewed were too much for us and, as a result, too expensive. BambooHR® fit our …
    Incentivized
    UKG
    Chose UKG Ready
    UKG ranks far above all else.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    It has a better user-friendly experience, better reviews, and more value for your money.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    UKG had so many more modules that are useful to us.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    So far I think the ADP products are competitive in their offerings. The new feel of Bamboo HR is much more appealing, but it doesn't do nearly enough function-wise.
    Incentivized
    Chose UKG Ready
    Much larger suite of products to utilize and create efficiencies.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    190 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    110 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    167 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    188 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    116 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    73%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    130 Answers
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
    Features
    BambooHR®UKG Ready
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    201 Ratings
    5% below category average
    UKG Ready
    9.4
    196 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Employee demographic data8.1178 Ratings9.8172 Ratings
    Employment history7.7182 Ratings9.6167 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.9177 Ratings9.6168 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.4168 Ratings9.6157 Ratings
    Organizational charting6.6184 Ratings7.9127 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.0174 Ratings9.6149 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.097 Ratings9.8125 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.5
    129 Ratings
    20% below category average
    UKG Ready
    9.6
    194 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pay calculation7.290 Ratings9.7182 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors5.767 Ratings9.3112 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment6.063 Ratings9.282 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration5.698 Ratings9.7141 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.094 Ratings9.9145 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.8102 Ratings9.7133 Ratings
    Reimbursement management6.158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.7
    173 Ratings
    8% above category average
    UKG Ready
    9.7
    175 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Approval workflow8.4169 Ratings9.7159 Ratings
    Balance details8.5160 Ratings9.5167 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment9.3128 Ratings9.7142 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    8.0
    194 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.7
    183 Ratings
    8% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.6123 Ratings9.8163 Ratings
    Update personal information8.8192 Ratings9.7170 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.1164 Ratings5.4143 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.1120 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.2182 Ratings9.7146 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    74 Ratings
    13% above category average
    UKG Ready
    9.9
    67 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets9.274 Ratings9.967 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    6.7
    163 Ratings
    11% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.7
    191 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Report builder6.5157 Ratings8.1184 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.9155 Ratings9.3185 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.6
    166 Ratings
    4% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.6
    129 Ratings
    4% below category average
    New hire portal8.0160 Ratings7.0127 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.2147 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.4
    106 Ratings
    7% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.3
    74 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Corporate goal setting6.573 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.2101 Ratings8.366 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility9.267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.794 Ratings8.373 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    4% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.0
    93 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Performance plans6.8106 Ratings5.783 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans6.789 Ratings5.776 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.695 Ratings8.184 Ratings
    Review reminders8.099 Ratings9.187 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.3100 Ratings6.473 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    9.2
    80 Ratings
    16% above category average
    UKG Ready
    6.8
    27 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools9.146 Ratings5.626 Ratings
    Candidate ranking9.166 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Candidate search9.167 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Candidate development9.458 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BambooHR® and UKG Ready
    Feature
    BambooHR®
    7.8
    137 Ratings
    1% above category average
    UKG Ready
    7.1
    100 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Job Requisition Management7.3103 Ratings7.186 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.3113 Ratings9.583 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.490 Ratings6.162 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.1108 Ratings7.265 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.687 Ratings5.464 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.9126 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.9128 Ratings6.593 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BambooHR®UKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (206 ratings)
    9.1
    (221 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (15 ratings)
    7.1
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (133 ratings)
    9.2
    (103 ratings)
    Availability
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (107 ratings)
    5.9
    (74 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    6.0
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    5.5
    (75 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BambooHR®UKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BambooHR
    I think if you're a small organization and you're trying to get out of paper, this is a really good first step to doing that. I've heard from other people that are in larger organizations where they have thousands of employees that there may be better platforms, but for smaller organization it's awesome.
    Incentivized
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    UKG
    There’s not much for me to share here other than multiple mobile apps for employees to download for different functions. We have the learning function activated and employees had to download a second mobile app (HCMToGo Learning) to be able to access the Learning portal on the go. Concerned that if we continue to add more functionality, there will be more apps to download.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    BambooHR
    • Recruiting- communications are easy for both the internal team and candidates
    • Onboarding- the onboarding tasks are great. I love being able to attach documents as well as delay sending out tasks
    • Communication- the employee community is a great tool to keep our communications clean and organized. I love that we now have insight as to who has viewed the comms
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    UKG
    • Support—UKG support, from the Account Managers to CSMs to Ready Support, is amazing. They are always willing to help!
    • Documentation—UKG has built-in online documentation, which is a live, easy-to-use version of a very lengthy manual.
    • Ease of use- the system is intuitive, easy to train others to use.
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    Cons
    BambooHR
    • BambooHR® has moved their offerings to a tiered package approach that groups features together at different tier and price levels. To gain access to a specific feature, you may need to upgrade to a whole new tier that includes additional features you may not be interested in. I would prefer being able to add-on one specific feature when needed.
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    UKG
    • We have had ongoing issues with our accruals.
    • Auto generate timesheets in the "Team Timesheets" view.
    • Granting manager access is cumbersome - access needs to be given in multiple places.
    • The sync between Pro and Ready in my opinion is terrible and needs much improvement.
    • Auto assign Employee Time Zones based on work location.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BambooHR
    There's nothing wrong with this platform. I would recommend it to any business starting with more than 10 employees. I will continue to use the program for as long as I need to, hoping they continue being tremendous and finding other ways to incorporate more technology.
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    UKG
    We plan to renew our support and use of UKG Ready each year unless it becomes unavailable or the district seeks another vendor. As of now, there are no plans to changes vendors. The district staff is now familiar with using UKG. Another vendor will need to meet the same expectations we have come to enjoy with using UKG
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    Usability
    BambooHR
    It's clear and well appointed with prompts on where to go for each category of information it holds. The user has limited access based on a need to know/job related basis. It has a clear help option with the ability to chat, email or read documentation on how to do something.
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    UKG
    The few challenges we have encountered have been with creating reports for the organization, managing performance goals and creating service tickets for urgent matters. Overall we have found UKG Ready to be super helpful and it has streamlined many of our HR processes for us but there could be some improvements on the items listed
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    Reliability and Availability
    BambooHR
    Yes, there is a huge team in the back of the online platform or it looks like it because I have never been left without an answer when I have a question or waiting from a response on my chat .... There must be a huge team, this is so great and I always seem to have someone that is very knowledgeable too. So many times in the past I had to leave with customer service that would connect you with someone else because of the expertise, here everyone seems to be some kind of an expert in the HR function.
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    UKG
    The system seems very stable. Being hosted in the cloud, we are vulnerable to internet speeds and busy times. The system has been down a couple times over the 3 months we have been live, but Kronos resolved the issues very quickly. To have access from a desktop, tablet, time clock, or phone app is one of the best features....users have almost NO REASON they can't clock in.
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    Performance
    BambooHR
    I love BambooHR. Reports are easy to run and download and it usually covers any types of requests I get from the management team. You get excel or .csv downloads/reports and it is fast and simple, not too crowded so it is easy to read through. We don't integrate the tool yet but again, soon we will. we just did not had the time to utilize it yet but that's the plan.
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    UKG
    We were always told that Kronos was the best, but there are reports that we got out of ADP and other payroll providers that we cannot get out of Kronos. One example is a report of Productive/Non-productive hours by department. We also need the dollar amount associated with the hours. This is information that is required on our cost report and we were told that that report is unavailable. It is very frustrating when I can't get what I need.
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    Support Rating
    BambooHR
    10/10. The absolute best. I never dread contacting support. I know the team will be quick and helpful. It is so easy, that sometimes I skip straight to contacting support instead of trying to find help articles. They are faster than me trying to figure it out on my own!
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    UKG
    If I was only rating support itself that would be a 10. Every support case I have entered has been addressed efficiently and with the desired result. On the implementation and transition to support there were multiple issues that those doing the implementation or transition could not answer or workflows and various settings left undone only to be discovered later. We implemented 3 different modules and the expertise we got for each one varied widely.
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    In-Person Training
    BambooHR
    I didn't have in-person training besides teaching my managers how to use the program. However, I couldn't omit this question (maybe a system glitch).
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    UKG
    Our in-person training was a hybrid. Live online training with an instructor. They were very knowledgeable of the product & the area they were training on. I asked several specific questions and if they didn't know the answer immediately they followed up after class.
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    Online Training
    BambooHR
    As far as I can recall, everything went well with doing it online and got questions answered. Was thankful to work with a dummy file to get used to some practices prior to getting our own domain within bamboo to then place our personnel information in the system, this helped a lot!
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    UKG
    Pretty good online training, you have many how to options and can watch them several times. It can be hard at times to dig through the amount of data online but can usually find what you are looking for. Also you can download documentation for setting up the profiles and policies.
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    Implementation Rating
    BambooHR
    BambooHR's initial implementation team was amazing. We loved having a dedicated person we could call, email or speak to during the entire process. I feel that's so important when you are new to a software. Our process was time consuming, but well worth the final product.
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    UKG
    Make sure the people who are doing the build have extensive knowledge on employment law and asking the right questions. I would bet that the people who helped with our builds did not read any of our employment contracts or ordinances; and when I asked questions about how other companies handled certain basic dictates from federal employment laws, they didn't have any idea what FMLA, FLSA, etc were.
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    Alternatives Considered
    BambooHR
    BambooHR® was able to provide excellent value for money when compared to the other options we looked at when we carried out a review of them. A previous member of the team had also used BambooHR® at another company and rated them highly which influenced our decision greatly. The demo also showed BambooHR® was able to carry out all of the tasks we were looking for
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    UKG
    We currently use Paycom and are extremely dissatisfied with the lack of functionality and poor customer service. Rippling and ADP were other vendors we evaluated who performed well and offer a lot of functionality but we decided UKG was the best fit for our needs now and to scale with our strategic growth plans.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BambooHR
    Since my organization has dropped with employees, I always find ways to reduce costs. I thought there would be a cheaper option, but I was glad that my package included a lot for the price, and downgrading would cost more. The rep could have let me downgraded and taken me to a higher package. I am thankful that didn't happen.
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    UKG
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    Scalability
    BambooHR
    There is so much you can do with this platform, it is incredible and so welcoming. We don't utilize it 100% yet just because we are growing and the HR team has not been able to concentrate on other areas offered to us but but we will soon. Which is also why we got the product, specifically because what BambooHR can do to help us meet our growing business needs.
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    UKG
    Thus far we are able to add as many users as necessary, implement 3 different bargaining units, 5 different types of user groups. Very flexible.
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    Professional Services
    BambooHR
    VERY professional!
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    UKG
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    BambooHR
    • Time Savings: Automating onboarding, payroll, and employee record management has cut HR admin time by up to 30%, allowing teams to focus on strategic initiatives instead of paperwork.
    • Improved Onboarding: Streamlined workflows have cut onboarding time by nearly 50%, ensuring new hires are productive faster, reducing turnover risk in the critical first months.
    • - Enhanced Informational Clarity: Centralized employee data means fewer errors and faster access to essential information, reducing compliance risks and increasing accuracy in reporting.
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    UKG
    • This is basic, but we finally know how many employees we have! It sounds ridiculous, but prior to UKG Ready we were on a payroll system that's reports were only as accurate as the last payroll cycle, so they were always 2 weeks behind and static. UKG Ready allows for realtime, daily reporting of information.
    • We are able to get salary data for our various locations to be able to compare them to each other, as well as across our "competitors" and external competition.
    • The data provided allows us to be able to understand the trends at individual locations including attrition, advancement, raise information, and other data points that we haven't historically done comparisons on
    • We can see the demographic and geographical information for our employees and the benefits that they elect
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    ScreenShots

    BambooHR® Screenshots

    Screenshot of Job Info TabScreenshot of Onboarding TasksScreenshot of New Hire PacketScreenshot of Employee Performance ReportScreenshot of Employee Satisfaction (eNPS®)Screenshot of Open Enrollment

    UKG Ready Screenshots

    Screenshot of the employee mobile interface.Screenshot of trust index survey results.Screenshot of the manager dashboard.Screenshot of payroll analytics.